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N. H. LONG.

ROLLER SKATE.

Na-324,130. Patentad Aug. 11, 1885.

Witnassas 3g qwmm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN H. LONG, OF MUNOIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD WV.BISHOP, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLLER-SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,130, dated August11, 1885.

Application filed March 13, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN H. Lone, a citizen of the United States,residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Roller-Skates, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in roller-skates, and the objectsof my invention are to construct a cheap and durable skate. I attainthese objects by the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings,in which-- Figure l is a side view with one front wheel removed andparts broken away to show details, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspectiveview of the hanger mechanism.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout each view.

The hanger-plate a is secured to the skatebottom by screws 8, andprovided with two inclining lugs, a a, knee a, and stud a, all as shown.Thehangerbisprovidedwith astud,b, on one side and a T-headed stud, b, onthe other. The said hanger is inserted in and secured to the plate a bythe stud b being inserted in a hole in the lower end of lug a, and theT- headed stud b extending through a slot in the lower end of. the luga. (See the drawings.) The said T-headed stud also passes through thelower end of the slotted bar 0, which is provided with outward-turnedends 0' c and a slot, 0', extending from end to end, as shown in Fig. 2.A tension-screw, d, passes up through the washer 0;, rubber cushion f,end 0 of the bar 0, and screwed into the knee a of the hanger-plate, allas shown.

A rubber cush- (No model.)

ion, 0, is placed above the hangerb, as shown, for the purpose ofstiffening the action or tilting of the skate, and the said tiltingaction is more effectually regulated by tightening or loosening thescrew d, as one of the ends, b, of the T-head presses down onthe lowerend, a. of the bar 0 whenever the bottom 0 is inclined or tilted to oneside, thereby pulling down on the said bar 0 and rubber f. The wheelsand straps are secured in any desirable manner.

The stud a 0n the upper part of the hanger-plate a is inserted in thewood bottom, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the hanger-plate cannot slip ormove on said bottom, and takes the strain ofi' of the screws 8.

Having thus described my invention, I claim the following, and desire tosecure the same by Letters Patent:

1. In a roller-skate, the hanger-plate a, having a knee, a, and stud aonits upper part, all for the purpose set forth.

2. In a roller-skate, the hanger I), provided with a stud. b, and aT-headed stud, b b, in combination with bar 0, rubber f, washer i,'andscrew (1.

3. In a roller-skate, the bar 0, having out-- ward-turned ends 0 c andslot 0', in combination with the rubber f, screw d, and T-head b I).

4. In a rolier-skate,the hanger-plate a, having lugs a, a", knee a, andstud a and hanger b, having T-head b b" and stud b, in combination withbar 0 c c 0', washer i, rubbers ef, and screw (1.

NATHAN H. LONG.

Witnesses:

E. W. BISHOP, W. R. BROTHERTON.

